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E. KOHLER. GAME. APPLICATION HLED MAR- 27. I916- -1,206,718. PatentedNov. 28, 1916.

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enrrnn sra i pts raannr ERNEST KOHLER, OF ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA.

GAME.

Application filed March 27, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ennns'r Konnnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Alameda, in the county of Alameda and State of California,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Games, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in games and more particularly toa game, which is in the nature of a puzzle for the test of skill.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a novel device ofthis character having fields in which balls are adapted to roll and ahole into which they are adapted to drop. The path leading to this holebeing a narrow raised strip, it requiring considerable skill to maintainthe balls on this strip while they are approaching the hole.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists in the novelconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts described in thefollowing specification and more particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecification, Figure l is a view in plan-showing the construction ofthe improved game device. Fig. 2 is a view in section on 2 2. Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a view in section on 3-8, Fig. 1.

Denoting corresponding parts in the several views by the same numeralsof reference, 1 denotes the body of the device, which is substantiallyrectangular in shape and provided with a raised flange 2 around theouter edge thereof. The ends are provided with handles 3 and 4, thelatter having an opening by which the board may be suspended when not inuse.

' Inclosed within the flange 2 are two sepa rate fields 5 and 5', thelatter being raised above the former and on the sides connectedtherewith by the inclined portion 7. EX- tending from the raised field 5centrally into the depressed field 5 is a tongue or pathway 6 on thesame level with the field 5. This raised path has on the outer end ahole 8 and underneath cavity 9. This cavity is of sufficient size toallow all the balls used in the game to be inclosed therein and isprovided with a removable back plate 11, having formed on the innersurface ratchet like notches 10, the object of which will be hereinafterdescribed. Adjacent the opposite end of the board are formed inclinedSpecification of Letters Patent.

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wings 12 extending from the sides to adjacent the center line of thefield 5. These wings being provided with the turned edge 13, thusinclosing pockets in which the balls 1% may be held while endeavoring toplace a single ball through the opening 8.

The game is played by grasping the device by the handles 3 and 4-, androlling the balls into the pockets between the wings 12 and the flange2. One at a time is then removed from these recesses and an endeavormade to run this ball out along the tongue 6 so as to drop it into theopening 8. Of course, the ball will many times drop into the depressedfield 5 from which it may be easily rolled onto the raised field bymeans of the incline 7. As the ball is dropped through the opening 8 theboard is tilted until it rolls to the other end of the recesses 9 and isseated in one of the notches 10. Thus when the board is again inclinedso as to roll another of the balls toward the same opening and block thesecond ball from falling through the opening.

The object of the game is to see who can place the largest number ofballs through the opening in a given time, or if several boards areavailable to see which can first place all the balls through theopening.

It will thus be apparent that I have provided a simple, convenient andattractive form of game device, and while I have shown the preferredconstruction thereof, it will be understood that minor changes may bemade in detail and design within the scope of the claims withoutdeparting from the spirit thereof.

1 claim 1. A game device comprising a rectangular body portion, a raisedflange around the periphery thereof, a raised field, a depressed field,an inclined surface connecting said fields, a tongue forming acontinuation of said raised field extending into said depressed field,said body portion having an elongated recess under said tongue and anopening from the surface of said tongue into said recess.

2. A game device comprising a rectangular body portion, a raised flangearound the periphery thereof, a raised field, a depressed field, aninclined surface connecting said fields, a tongue forming a continuationof said raised field extending into said depressed field, said bodyportion having an elongated recess under said tongue and an opening fromthe surface of said tongue into said recess, and Wings on said raisedfield extending from said flange to form pockets therebetWeen and thecorners of said raised flange.

3. A game device comprising a rectangular body portion, a raised flangearound the periphery thereof, a raised field, a depressed field, aninclined surface connecting said fields, a tongue forming a continuationof said raised field extending into said depressed field, said bodyhaving an elongated recess under said tongue, the bottom of said recesshaving retaining notches formed therein, said tongue having an openingon the end thereof extending into said recess, and Wings on said raisedfield forming pockets therebetween and the corners of said raisedflange.

4. A game device comprising a raised field, a depressed field, a tongueforming a continuation of said raised field extending into saiddepressed field, said tongue having an opening thereunder and an openingfrom the surface thereof into said recess.

A game device comprising an elongated body having a fiat field ofsubstantial area, a second flat field of smaller area and in a differentplane, said fields being joined by inclined surfaces, and a narrowtongue projecting from an edge of the larger field and Over the smallerfield, between said inclined surfaces, the top surface of said tonguebeing in the same plane as the corresponding surface of the largerfield, said tongue having a closed chamber in its outer extremityleading in from the top thereof.

In testimony whereof I a flix my signature.

ERNEST KOHLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G.

